Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vassil Levski Stadion in Sofia on 19, 20 and 21 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fons Brydenbach  Belgium	Willie Smith  United States	Ryszard Podlas  Poland

Results

Heats

[1][2]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Elvis Jennings	United States	46.59	Q
2	1	Horia Toboc	Romania	47.28	Q
3	1	Željko Knapić	Yugoslavia	47.55	q
4	1	Alexander Feroteiny	Austria	47.83
1	2	Willie Smith	United States	46.35	Q
2	2	Jerzy Pietrzyk	Poland	46.58	Q
3	2	Yasuhiro Harada	Japan	47.14	q
4	2	Lionel Malingre	France	47.35	q[3]
5	2	Brahim Badi	Algeria	49.15
6	2	Klaus Mayramhof	Austria	49.93
1	3	Fons Brydenbach	Belgium	47.00	Q
2	3	Hector Llatser	France	47.22	Q
3	3	Pavel Litovchenko	Soviet Union	47.63	q
4	3	Iritia Genaro	Spain	48.11
1	4	Zakir Urinov	Soviet Union	46.88	Q
2	4	Rolf Gisler	Switzerland	47.75	Q
3	4	Henry Hermans	Belgium	47.84
4	4	Omer Yousif	Sudan	49.23
5	4	Titus Kiboi	Kenya	53.85
1	5	Steve Scutt	Great Britain	46.53	Q
2	5	Brian Saunders	Canada	47.12	Q
3	5	Narzis Popov	Bulgaria	47.22	q
1	6	Alfonso Di Guida	Italy	47.37	Q
2	6	Lothar Krieg	West Germany	47.40	Q
3	6	Leopoldo Puertas	Spain	47.88
1	7	Ryszard Podlas	Poland	46.57	Q
2	7	Glenn Bogue	Canada	47.17	Q
3	7	Flavio Borghi	Italy	47.29	q
4	7	Konstantin Vogt	Switzerland	47.67	q
5	7	Jukka Paaianen	Finland	47.73	q

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
3	2	Zakir Urinov	Soviet Union	46.97	[4]
?	?	Rolf Gisler	Switzerland	47.40	[5]
?	?	Konstantin Vogt	Switzerland	47.73	[5]
	?	Hector Llatser	France	DNS	[3]
	?	Lionel Malingre	France	DNS	[3]
	1	Pavel Litovchenko	Soviet Union	DNS	[4]

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fons Brydenbach	Belgium	45.18
	Willie Smith	United States	45.34
	Ryszard Podlas	Poland	45.36
4	Elvis Jennings	United States	45.95
5	Lothar Krieg	West Germany	46.25
6	Steve Scutt	Great Britain	46.27
7	Jerzy Pietrzyk	Poland	46.40
8	Brian Saunders	Canada	46.41

References

1. "Heats results". Statesman Journal. 20 August 1977. p. 34. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. "Heats results". The Times. 20 August 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
3. French results
4. Soviet results (p36)
5. "Sofia: deux records du monde pour Juantorena et Casanas" (in French). Sion Nouvelliste Et Feuille Davis Du Valais. 22 August 1977. p. 25. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
6. "Final results". The Burlington Free Press. 22 August 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
7. "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 22 August 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 8 April 2020.